# vill
## English
### Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa.

#### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɪl
* IPA: /vɪl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

vill (plural vills)
* (historical) The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
* (obsolete) A villa; a country residence.
** 1781, Richard Burn, Ecclesiastical Law, volume 1, page 61:Sometimes the kings in their country vills and seats of pleasure or retirement built a place of worship, which was the origin of royal free chapels.

### Etymology 2

From will.

#### Verb

vill
* Pronunciation spelling of will.
** 2011, Roberta C. M. DeCaprio, chapter 9, in A Rose in Amber, Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:“My calculations predict another day or so. Ve vill be docking in Liverpool.”

##### Usage notes

* Imitating certain accents, such as German.

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fil/

### Adjective

vill (irregular declension, comparative mieh, superlative et mietste or mieste or mieschte or määste or määschte)
* much; many

#### Usage notes

* The adjective is declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise it is uninflected.
* The superlative forms et mie(t)ste, mieschte are Ripuarian, the forms et määste, määschte are Moselle Franconian.

## Estonian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *villa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ via Baltic.

#### Noun

vill (genitive villa, partitive villa)
* wool

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German swil (“blister”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).

#### Noun

vill (genitive villi, partitive villi)
* blister, boil

##### Descendants

* → Ingrian: villi

### Further reading

* “vill”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

### References

* vill in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Low German veel, viel, Dutch veel, English fele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fil/
* Rhymes: -il

### Adjective

vill (masculine vill or villen, neuter vill or villt, comparative méi, superlative am meeschten)
* much, many
    En huet vill Frënn.He has many friends.

#### Usage notes

* The positive forms are declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise they remain uninflected.
* The comparative form is indeclinable and cannot be preceded by articles or determiners.
* The superlative forms are declined in the normal way.

### Adverb

vill
* much, a lot
    Dat Hiem ass vill ze kleng.That shirt is much too small.

## Manx
### Verb

vill
* past of mill

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɪlː/
* Homophone: vil
* Rhymes: -ɪl

### Adjective

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villere, indefinite superlative villest, definite superlative villeste)
* wild

#### Derived terms

* dagvill
* døgnvill
* forville
* villblomst
* villdyr
* villmark
* villsvin
* viltlevende
* viltvoksende

### References

* “vill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɪlː/
* Homophone: vil

### Adjective

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villare, indefinite superlative villast, definite superlative villaste)
* wild

#### Derived terms

* villdyr
* villmark
* villsvin
* viltlevande

### References

* “vill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Noun

vill m or f
* rare form of ville

## Old Norse
### Adjective

vill
* strong feminine nominative singular of villr
* strong neuter nominative plural of villr
* strong neuter accusative plural of villr

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɪl/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Doublet of vild (“wild”), which is influenced from Middle Low German.

#### Adjective

vill
* (dated) lost (not knowing place or directions)

##### Synonyms

* vilsen

##### Related terms

* domvilla
* förvilla
* husvill
* rådvill
* synvilla
* vettvilling
* vild
* vilde
* villebråd
* villervalla
* villfarelse
* villoväg
* vilse
* vilt

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vill
* present indicative of vilja

### References

* vill in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vill in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vill in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* vill in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *villa, a loan from Proto-Baltic *wilˀnāˀ. Cognates include Finnish villa.

### Noun

vill
* wool

#### Declension
## Yola
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɪl/

### Etymology 1

From Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan.

#### Verb

vill (simple past felt, past participle ee-vilt)
* to fill
** 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, pages 100:At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English fille, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī.

#### Noun

vill
* fill
** 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 106:At skelpearès an slaugheardhès mye leeigh aar oer vill.That the piglings and pigs may laugh their overfill.
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 18:An thaar zit down an yux our vill,And there sit down and sob our fill,

### References

* 1 2 3 Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75
* ↑ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland